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- I was, I think, probably
hesitant like anyone else was

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about Salt Lake being
named as a housewife city.

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- We were hesitant too.

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- [Audra] Were you?

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- Yeah, yeah.

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We didn't know.

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I mean, we didn't think
we had anything to bring.

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We're Salt Lake City, we're
small, Small Lake City really.

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- Y'all have wasted absolutely no time

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in jumping right into the drama.

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How has it been for you
watching it all back?

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What has been the hardest and in turn,

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most fun part of watching thus far?

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- Okay, well, the hardest part

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has been watching me yell at Whitney.

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- [Audra] Yeah.

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- You know, that's just
like horribly painful

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and cringy for me to watch

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and just in context of
everything going on.

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So that's been hard to relive.

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But the fun moments are just remembering

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like it's just the funny things,
you know, like going back

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and you can remember exactly
how you felt in that moment.

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And just the laughter and like.

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- The garbage, trash war lingerie party.

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- Garbage, trash war, lingerie party.

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Learning to twerk.

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- Pay that rent, pay that rent.

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- You know, being upside
down covered in booze.

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I mean, there's so many highlights.

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Where do I begin?

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- What do you think it
is about Salt Lake City

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and about your group of women

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that lend itself to that success?

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- Well, I mean, I wasn't aware
of how well received we were

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until Bravo Con and Bravo Con
kind of brought it into focus.

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You know, all of the
cheering and just the fans

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that were so fun about it.

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So that has been incredible.

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But I think what it is,

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people that have a very
unique culture and identity,

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but they don't realize
it's weird and unique

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'cause it's just the way they live.

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And that couldn't be truer
than with Salt Lake City.

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You know, we don't know
how messed up we are.

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We think we're perfect and doing it right.

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And so, that's fun for
everyone to have a window.

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- And you guys have had some
really difficult conversations

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about race, gender,
religion, all of these things

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are kind of converging in two seasons

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and obviously going on three now.

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- Yeah, everything's a teachable moment

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from what not to wear and what not to say,

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to stop crying, to stop, you know

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I've gone into it all.

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It's just been so overwhelming

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and I just feel like I've been
present in it, like crying,

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laughing, feeling all of it

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because I just didn't wanna
take it for granted, you know?

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I wanted to just like suck
the marrow from the bones

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of it all.

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- There are a lot of celebrity fans

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that love you specifically

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and are like in your DMs.

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Who is the most surprising celebrity

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that has followed you on
Instagram or like DM'ed you?

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- Every single one surprises me.

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Everyone.
- Yeah.

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- Like Glennon Doyle liked one
of my tweets the other day.

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It was a tweet or a reply,

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she liked it and I wanted to frame it.

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- Now, I have to ask, as
a fan of the franchise,

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as a fan of you, as a fan
of Jen, how is Jen doing?

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- You know, Jen is doing
as well as can be expected.

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You know, she's got her
sentencing coming up

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and she's trying to cherish the time

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with her family and friends

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and she's remarkably upbeat

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and strong considering, you know?

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- Yeah, absolutely.

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Absolutely.

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Now I wanna go into your book.

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- [Heather] Okay.

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- [Audra] Which is coming early next year.

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- [Heather] Yes.

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- Only a couple months from
now called "Bad Mormon."

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- Being on TV kind of
ripped the bandaid off

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and forced me to like
talk about these things.

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So now, writing the
book gave me the chance

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to take the time and to
really give the full story.

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Like I was really, you know, viewers

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and audience people just get
to see like the highlight reel

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or the lowlight reel of my experiences.

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But this book really fleshes out

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why I believed the things I believed

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and why I loved it and why
I grieved it when it changed

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even though I no longer believed in it.

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